If your just looking for a temporary setup a banana jack may be better
than an alligator clip.
Chuck Gooden N9QBT
On 4/25/2016 11:57 AM, CJ Johnson wrote:
Howdy-
I have been working on rebuilding my 80M dipole setup for camping and the
fall/winter contest season.. My one main question is I know that I can make
the ends for SSB, tune it where i want (most likely 3800).. then on the
other side of the insulator, add the extra length for CW and tune that
portion (~3550).
I *don't* have a pressing need to have this remotely switchable or other
things as discussed in the archives -- a semi fancy matching setup, etc.
Given that the dipole is temporary in nature, it doesn't pain me to walk
outside and clip on the CW section when I want to.
That brings me to a couple questions maybe someone can help:
1) The dipole is being constructed with materials to handle 1500W (balun,
wires, etc.) -- Will this extra length of wire for CW arc where I "clip" it
on to add the extra length at the end of the SSB wire running 1500W?
2) Given that it's "temporary", how would one suggest constructing the
point where I switch from SSB to CW.. Alligator clips? There may be a
potential for exposure to the elements (mostly rain and some snow).
Thanks,
WT2P
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